Flogas rolls out commercial service

Flogas has announced plans to roll out a natural gas service for commercial customers throughout Ireland, following a successful pilot launch in the North-East.

Nature’s Best in Drogheda was its first customer and in the past six months, the company has saved 35% on its natural gas bills, according to Flogas.

"In these cost-cutting times, we’re very pleased that Nature’s Best has seen tangible benefits from the changeover to our natural gas service," said Richard Martin, managing director of Flogas Ireland.

"Natural gas users now have a choice of suppliers and commercial customers switching to Flogas Natural Gas will save money by benefiting from a cheaper gas rate and thereby reducing their natural gas bills."

Declan Tolan, financial reporting manager at Nature’s Best, said: "Like all companies in today’s environment, the control of overheads is very important and we were delighted to have saved on our natural gas bills by over a third since changing to Flogas Natural Gas.

"It has made a real difference to our running costs."

Flogas entered the natural gas market following its deregulation a few years ago and has been supplying natural gas via the existing Bord Gais Energy Supply pipeline to more than 11,000 homes in the North-East, Midlands and the West.

Established in 1987, chilled convenience food firm Nature’s Best employs more than 200 people at its factory in Drogheda.